Another Jack Pearson solo, rock this time!

[Luke43168]

...Weather Report, McLauglin, Yes or tons of other bands. The Allmans stuff is more profound. I'm sure musically if they'd wanted to be more "complex" they could but the music would lose its emotional impact, sincerity, profundity.

[Luke43168]

could provide. Always going for raw emotion and energy in their incredibly dense and richly textured ensemble playing. Not just "jacking themselves off" on stage just for the sake of wowing an audience, thereby losing the depth and sincerity. This is what separates their music, and others I've mentioned, from most others. Jack fit in perfectly with them, with his great great soulful playing. The beauty of it is in his soulful (yet complex) chops over this rich bed of rhythm. This is not..

[Luke43168]

in response to 1Doz, true Jack is amazing, but the profundity of the Allman's music is in tradition of Coltrane, the best of the Dead, Santana,etc..despite having complexity in their arrangements they have never been a band that tries to "out-chop" another band or dazzle you musical complexity such for the sake of dazzling you. Their sound, especially in their rhythm section, is thick thick thick, like a freight train, mean but extremely rich at the same time, not cold like any rock or jazz....

[gittahfiend]

You mean jazz-rock.

[danakerman]

Jack Pearson plays a Santana solo with the Allman Brothers Band as his backing band.

[Odiculeoj]

Simply killer player ...

My favorite out of anybody who's played with Allman Brothers..

Except maybe Jimmy Herring of course ...

[Chromatype]

My friend Doug played drums for Jack for a while in Nashville...saw him and he is the real deal...

[8aPeach2]

unlike my guitar...there are no bad notes on Jack's

[rickbangkok]

I really liked Jack's solo. He this song in another direction entirely.

[pinto4646]

i feel like derek listened to jack..... there is alot of pearson's influence in dereks non slide playing

[mpre53]

@pinto4646 Seeing as how Derek grew up around the band, it's a pretty safe bet that he had a chance to jam with all of the ABB guitarists except Duane. Derek sat in with the band's opening act before he was a teenager. There's a clip of him playing slide on Layla when he was 12, somewhere on You Tube.

[anthonycrystal33]

meet my guitar teacher!

[barnacleboymtk]

none smoother.

[MrJaimoe]

"throw some chord changes at him"?

ummm... its Modal Jazz.

Im no expert but I think the whole idea is that there are no chord changes. Its a chord vamp in A minor - as goes the title (A minor)

[JustAintthatWay]

'course duane&dicky are now legends

and derek&warren well on their ways

but jack pearson will always have a very

revered place among allman brothers guitartists

tone guru, lick monster, touch maestro

improv master

jack pearson is the real authentic goods

on the six string thing

thnx for the 'tube a real treat

[Morrypix]

Title is way out, there's no rock here !

[Odiculeoj]

@Morrypix Not your kind of rock ...!!

[1Doz]

Great stuff from Jack but they're not giving him much to work with. Throw some interesting chord changes at him and watch what he does. He would weave through them like Mr. Miyagi with a turbo and Einstein equations on the chalkboard. That sounds like crazy talk but it's actually a scientifically accurate description of what would happen.

[Odiculeoj]

@1Doz Yes, but he doesn't need changes ...

He creates his own if it the other cats aren't playing any ...

Sort of frees him up

[Odiculeoj]

@1Doz A great player like Jack doesn't need changes ....

I understand what you're saying ... but a one chord hump allows a good player a lot of freedom when changes arent there to dictate to him where to go

[zackmax88]

dicky was missing in action from 95 to 2000

[zackmax88]

love dickey but pearson did a greatjob during the thirtieth anniversary years. did dicky start to slip up about 2000? pearson is more talented than derek trucks.heres proof

[ztbsk8er]

Dicky is just getting too old to play with the bros these days. He was a great player but i feel that from about 94 on he was going downhill. I mean just listen to his solos from 91 and at woodstock in 94 they were amazing. Ramblin man, Blue sky, Liz Reed and many others he brought to us but the abb is going in a new and good direction with trucks/haynes. I would like to see jack pearson in there in the future again.

[joebrassmonkey]

I agree with the Dickey statment. His playing has slowed down and simplified it's self quite alot since he left the brothers. I'd love to see jack with the allmans a bit more in the future as well, he'd be a great addition, as he was in the 90's.

[DPUchuck88]

Would love to see him and Jimmy Herring on the same stage. Both heavily jazz influenced. IT would be pretty tight

[joebrassmonkey]

You defiently ain't lyin brother. Now that would be one heck of a show!

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

pearson definately influenced haynes nad trucks. its real obvious

[SIXSTRING63]

This guy is a monster player ! I would like to hear him and Haynes trade off sometimes. After hearing a clip of Dickey at his 65th birthday gig I don't think he will ever be back , I've heard 15 year olds play better. I've seen Dickey and ABB 20 times and he was always great in the day but I think his fire is burning out.

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

im so tired of this "allman brothers aint right with out dickey" they moved a new direction. if people would just forget about dickey for one second and actually listen to the music theyd realize how great it still really is. who dosent miss dickey and what he brought? close your eyes and listen. is it not just as great and moving? just cause dickeys appearance isnt there dosent mean anything. i love dickeys playing but trucks and haynes are playin circles around him now. i hate to say that...

[jkw0789]

Took your advice, and now that you put it that way, it definitely is true. I've come to love Haynes over the years and Mule is my all time favorite band. Comparing the two, and watching an old video of Mellissa where Haynes blew dickey out of the water completely recreating dickey's solo a few steps down! You shoulda seen dickey's face!

[HendrixClaptonSRV]

jkw0789, i mean dont get me wrong, Dickey is completely amazing and i cant stand comparing guitarist but its just not fair to haynes, trucks, pearson, to say without dickey there nothin. they all grew up listening to dickey and really dug his stuff too. they had no control over him leaving. theyre out there just tryin to bring some positive energy back to the music. live dickey, the man was a master player, and a master human being.

[swennsyever9]

'member those ol indy/nascar race car fire filmclips where the driver was jumpin' around on fire but you couldnt see the flames?

well jp dont jump around none too much but he is definitely ablaze during this solo

maybe he doesnt bring/have the "marquee" of haynes or derek but y'kno who i think woulda dug jack's stuff the most? duane.

two cats who could/can get inside a melody

& explore it & take you with them on the journey of it. thats what separates jp&da from all others.

[Chromatype]

Consummate musician? It's Jack Pearson. He can get on stage with George Benson, Robben Ford, Brent Mason, Merle Haggard, Muddy Waters and Thelonius Monk and totally belong. That is something the other names listed probably can't do(maybe Brent :)

[soybalm]

You can almost see Jack's thinking process working. he starts off with a mellow pickup tone and then goes all on the bridge. The riffs are lots of little arbitrary motifs that resolve in 12 bars or less. He executes all these perfectly but Duane had this way of maintaning ONE continuos idea that would climax and simply render any strategic approach meaningless. That being said, I wish I could play half of Jack plays. He is brilliant but Duane and Albert King had hearts and took no prisoners.

[jacksfan08]

You certainly have dissected one aspect of his playing. Thousands more to go, keep trying!

[soybalm]

Like I said, I wish I could play half of what he plays. I saw the Gibson video, same broken thread. I pulled some great ideas from him. Where is the melody coming from? He is a walking encyclopedia of riffs. I know its hard to fathom Albert King blowing away a guy like Jack with 5 notes but it happened all the time. Conviction and steadfastness were key but that's my taste. i was really responding to swennsever9 statement. It's all good but how memorable are Duanes riffs? He never reached 25!

[jacksfan08]

I'm in the music business as a production manager. Seen them all,including Albert and I know what you're speaking of. Yes, Pearson can and has done that as well. I'm still waiting on him to run out of that encyclopedia of licks. That's why I say, in good spirit, keep watching!

[Chromatype]

Resolving lines is very respectful of the listener:)

[guitarplayntaylor91]

Dude, he's so good.

[sdenny]

gaun yersel wee man !

great playing jackie

regards from glasgow

[swennsyever9]

this cat is in a class by himself* -- the interpretation, the sustain, the tone, the touch....i dunno where i wuz but i missed his whole time w/ the a-bros...i just happened to find his stuff here at youtube...my lucky

* duane aside, put dicky, warren and derek together combined they cant touch jp ..no offense meant either cuz obv they're all great in their own rt

[Gorgolada]

Imagine if Jack had been on that live Fillmore album ( no complaints with the orginal guys of course ) .. but Jack would be a superstar .. well he is anyway !

A master

[Scagdawg]

Actually, Jack Pearson is very well known as a jazz musician. He plays blues and rock too of course but to describe him as just a blues player just ain't exactly correct. Check out his website, you'll see what I mean. He has played with a lot of great jazz musicians.

[pej789]

wow this is classic

[tmenown]

Jack is a great player. Having said that, he is a blues player. While the Brothers are a blues-based band, their approach to melody and harmony has always been steeped in jazz. Derek is very much a blooming jazz player, like Duane and Dickey before him.

[bayouhazard]

Sure Jack's a blues player. He's also a jazz player, way more so than any other ABB player. Dickey and Duane weren't jazz players. They were jazz influenced. Derek can clearly play some jazz, but none of them are remotely in Jack's league as a jazz player and they'd all tell you that.

None of them every played with harmonically shifting melodic content the way Jack does and none had the chops you need to play jazz other than Derek.

[Skyman46]

@bayouhazard You're high....but you're free to think what you want.

[bthoma1]

@bayouhazard wow just saw your comment. If you remember Duane died at what 24, I'm sure he would be able to jazz it up with anyone

[bigpeej92]

@bayouhazard what about jimmy herring though.....hes on the same level as jack i feel

and plays harmonically complex stuff

[MRcharliekendall]

@bayouhazard You know that Jimmy Herring played with the ABB for a bit right?

[Chromatype]

I don't think Derek is there yet...

[theponymouse]

I can see this guy's influence on your playing (and also on your (occasional) choice of dodgy hats!). It's good stuff!